Figures:
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One figure taking up whole width of the page

\begin{figure}[t]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{figures/name-of-the-figure.pdf}
\caption{Caption -- describe the figure.}
\label{label-for-making-references-it should-be-something-logical-unique-and-reasonably-short}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

If you want to have two figures next to each other:

\begin{figure}[h]
  \hfill
  \begin{minipage}[t]{.45\textwidth}
    \begin{center}  
       \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{figures/first-file.pdf}
       \caption{1st caption}
       \label{label-1}
    \end{center}
  \end{minipage}
  \hfill
  \begin{minipage}[t]{.45\textwidth}
    \begin{center}  
      \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{figures/second-file.pdf}
      \caption{2nd caption}
      \label{label-2}
    \end{center}
  \end{minipage}
  \hfill
\end{figure}

Bulleted list:
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